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Julia Wilbur diary, May to September 1865
Title:
Julia Wilbur diary, May to September 1865
Description:
See also Wilbur's pocket diary for 1865 (mc1158_01_02_004).
Date:
1865-05-14 - 1865-09-30
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Mary L. Van Buskirk diary, September 1881
Title:
Mary L. Van Buskirk diary, September 1881
Description:
Detailed account of Van Buskirk's visit to her sisters Julia Wilbur and Francis Hartwell in Washington, D.C., from September 15th to 30th, 1881. About half the book is spent detailing Mount Vernon, which the sisters visited. It also describes in detail the death and funeral of president James A. Garfield, including a speech given by Frederick Douglass. The rest describes visiting various places in Washington and Alexandria, including the Navy Yard, former slave pens, the "colored home for the friendless and orphan children, Howard University, the Capitol, Lafayette Square, Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church, Georgetown, Long Bridge, Oak Hill Cemetery, the Patent Office, the Corcoran Gallery, the Dead Letter Office, Arlington Cemetery, and the National Museum at the Smithsonian Institute. Compare mc1158_02_01_001, Julia Wilbur's diary for 1881, which describes some of the same events.
Date:
1881-09
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
1873 February 26, Washington, D.C., to Mama
Title:
1873 February 26, to Mama
Date:
1873-02-26
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Julia Wilbur pocket diary, 1865
Title:
Julia Wilbur pocket diary, 1865
Description:
Wilbur wrote page-length entries summarizing personally significant events for each day of the year. Primarily documents events of the Civil War and early postbellum period, including her relief work for Contraband (enslaved people who escaped to Union territory during the war) and freedmen. Relocated from Alexandria, Virginia, to work out of Washington, D.C., during this time. Records the assassination and funeral of Abraham Lincoln. Attended multiple post-war trials including that of Henry Wirz. The memoranda at the end include a list of patients, many Native American, who Wilbur interacted with at the L'Ouverture Hospital for people of color in Alexandria.
Date:
1865
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Letter from Susan Walker Fitzgerald her mother, January 6, 1895
Title:
Letter from Susan Walker Fitzgerald her mother, 1895
Description:
FitzGerald writes of being very busy.
Date:
1895-01-06
Collection:
Susan Walker FitzGerald Papers
1873 September 26, Philadelphia, to Fitch & Fox, Washington DC
Title:
1873 September 26, to Fitch & Fox, Washington DC
Date:
1873-09-26
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Julia Wilbur "Excelsior" diary, 1890
Title:
Julia Wilbur "Excelsior" diary, 1890
Description:
Wilbur wrote daily page-length entries describing events in detail. Of note are her vacation in New York and her sister Frances's illness. The memoranda at the end include a summary of the state of her family, her finances, various facts, figures, sayings, literary extracts, and other miscellany.
Date:
1890
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Julia Wilbur "Excelsior" diary, 1881
Title:
Julia Wilbur "Excelsior" diary, 1881
Description:
Wilbur wrote daily page-length entries describing significant events in detail. Much of diary discusses her working conditions at the Patent Office and her correspondence. Other themes include her health, her relationship with her sister Frances Hartwell, and the assassination and funeral of President James A. Garfield. The diary also discusses congressional sessions and White House receptions which Wilbur attended throughout the year, as well as a women's suffrage convention in January and a temperance convention in October. The notes in the back of the diary record over a decade of Memorial ("Decoration") Day events Wilbur attended and summarize her finances. See also mc1158_06_06_001, a diary kept by Wilbur's sister Mary Van Buskirk during a visit to Washington in September 1881.
Date:
1881
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Julia Wilbur diary, November 1863 to April 1864
Title:
Julia Wilbur diary, November 1863 to April 1864
Description:
See also Wilbur's pocket diaries for 1863 and 1864 (mc1158_01_02_002 and mc1158_01_02_003).
Date:
1863-11-20 - 1864-04-20
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Letter from Frederick Gookin to his wife, September 28, 1919
Title:
Letter from Frederick Gookin to his wife, 1919
Description:
Frederick Gookin writes about spending time in Washington, D.C.
Date:
1919-09-28
Collection:
Nathalie Gookin Papers
Letter from Susan Walker Fitzgerald to her mother, June 2, 1891
Title:
Letter from Susan Walker Fitzgerald to her mother, 1891
Description:
FitzGerald writes about coordinating travel plans and about exams.
Date:
1891-06-02
Collection:
Susan Walker FitzGerald Papers
1850 April 8, Washington, to My dear Cousin
Title:
1850 April 8, to My dear Cousin
Date:
1850-04-08
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Julia Wilbur "Excelsior" diary, 1885
Title:
Julia Wilbur "Excelsior" diary, 1885
Description:
Wilbur wrote daily page-length entries describing significant events in detail, including attending White House receptions and Congressional sessions. The memoranda at the end include a list of the year's "principle events, an account of her summer travels, a list of vacations she took between 1876 and 1885, and various facts, figures, and literary extracts.
Date:
1885
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Letter from Susan Walker Fitzgerald to her mother, May 24, 1893
Title:
Letter from Susan Walker Fitzgerald to her mother, 1893
Description:
FitzGerald writes about her mother's upcoming visit.
Date:
1893-05-24
Collection:
Susan Walker FitzGerald Papers
Julia Wilbur "Excelsior" diary, 1894
Title:
Julia Wilbur "Excelsior" diary, 1894
Description:
Wilbur wrote daily page-length entries describing events in detail. Memoranda at the back include a summary of her finances and various facts, figures, and literary extracts.
Date:
1894
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
1865 June 7, Washington D.C., to J.M. McKim
Title:
1865 June 7, to J.M. McKim
Date:
1865-06-07
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Julia Wilbur diary, May 1871 to April 1872
Title:
Julia Wilbur diary, May 1871 to April 1872
Description:
See also Wilbur's pocket diaries for 1871 and 1872 (mc1158_01_04_002 and mc1158_01_04_003).
Date:
1871-05-05 - 1872-04-21
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Julia Wilbur pocket diary, 1868
Title:
Julia Wilbur pocket diary, 1868
Description:
Wilbur wrote page-length entries summarizing personally significant events for each day of the year. Largely documents her charitable work in association with the Freedmen's Bureau, and social/political events in the Reconstruction era. Actively observed and commented on governmental proceedings in Washington, D.C. Attended various lectures throughout the year. Also describes spending extensive time with her family in Michigan and New York. The memoranda at the end include notes on the Freedmen's Bureau, demographics of Washington, D.C., a timeline of Civil War events, and newspaper excerpts.
Date:
1868
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
1874 August 14, Sweet Springs, Monroe Co., to Tom, Germantown
Title:
1874 August 14, Germantown
Date:
1874-08-14
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Julia Wilbur diary, September 1868 to March 1869
Title:
Julia Wilbur diary, September 1868 to March 1869
Description:
See also Wilbur's pocket diaries for 1868 and 1869 (mc1158_01_03_003 and mc1158_01_03_004).
Date:
1868-09-06 - 1869-03-29
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College

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